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Search term highlighter for well-formed HTML content.
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gistfile1.js
function highlight(str, searchString) {
var regexp = new RegExp("(<[^>]+>)|(" + searchString + ")", "gi");
return (str || "").replace(regexp, function wrap(_, tag, txt) {
if (tag) return tag;
return "<strong class=\"highlight\">" + txt + "</strong>";
});
}
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